Brrrr… Rather chilly this morning, in the 40’s but hear it’s colder back home. Hope my flowers didn’t freeze.
We’re in Le Claire, Iowa, home of the Buckeyes and they’ll let you know that. Lot’s to do so we’ll be staying one more night. Left the motel at 8:15 for a tour of Lock & Dam 15 on Arsenal Island in Rock Island, Ill and the Rock Island Arsenal Museum.
Our tour guide Lindy, due to 9/11 we are required to leave our cameras behind? That didn’t make much sense.
Lock and dam 15 was the first one built on the river. It’s 100′ wide by 600′ long and will hold 9 barges at a time.
The bridge was built in 1896 and is still in excellent condition. After our 35W bridge collapse this bridge was inspected and found safe. Amazing! It’s a railroad bridge on the upper level and cars on the lower level.
Bob, Lisa, Gerry, Mary and Joanie
Back to the cars and off to the Rock Island Arsenal Museum.
Rock Island Arsenal Museum built in 1862 and controlled by the U.S. Army Joint Munitions command. It is the largest government owned weapons manufacuring arsenal in the United States. During the Civil War, Arsenal Island was home to a large Union Army prison camp for captured Confederate soldiers.
What else would you have in an Army Museum but loads of weapons, actually it was quite interesting.
Lunch in the commissary, good food and good prices
The Rock Island National Cemetery
Buffalo Bill Museum in Le Claire, IA. The below pictures were all from the museum.
I was looking forward to visiting the American Pickers Store Antique Archeaology.
Frank and Mike, they weren’t at the store but out picking which they do 3 weeks out of the month.
If you watch the show do you recognize any of their picks?
The Pickers store wasn’t what I was expecting.
Here we are resting after a long day of exploring. I see Gerry and Lisa at the top, Doug and Paul, Bob, Jeff, Roy, Jerry, Kathy, Mary and Joanie. I’ve got to get into more of these pisc.
Dinner at Sneaky Pete’s in on the Le Claire riverfront.
Jim was just glad he wasn’t wearing a tie because if he was they’d cut it off and hang it up.
How many guys have lost their ties to Sneaky Pete?
Bathtub salad bar. Hope it was clean.
Old building, old tin ceiling tiles. I guess there’s bullet holes inside also, form the olden days.
We got home saturday around noon. Kath and I want to say thanks again . We had a great time with a bunch of Great People.
Thanks Dave and Kathy